Exotic Wood larch

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LARCH

Larix spp.
Includes at least the following, with some of the common names. I don't believe this list to be comprehensive, but it gives you an idea of the range of species and common names and the overlap. Larch is also commonly called tamarack in the USA

L. alaskensis (Alaskan)
L. americana (American)
L. dahurica (dahurian)
L. decidua (common, European)
L. eurolepis (hybrid, dunkeld)
L. europaea (European)
L. gmelini (dahurian, American, Japanese, Koren, red)
L. griffithii (Himalayan, sikkim, Southern Chinese)
L. kaempferi (Japanese)
L. laricina (Alaska, American, black, Eastern, Eastern Canadian)
L. leptolepis (Japanese, red)
L. lyallii (alpine, subalpine, mountain, Lyall's, timberline, woolly)
L. microcarpa (small-leaf)
L. occidentalis (Montana, mountain, Western, roughbark, Oregon)
L. potaninni (Southern Chinese)
L. russica (Russian, Siberian)
L. sibirica (Russian, Siberian)

my samples:

western larch sample plank and end grain --- if the lable hadn't said western larch, I would have sworn this was douglas fir

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

a long veneer sheet and two closeups from it. The color on the distance pic is too yellow. The closeups show the color more accurately, although they have a little too much red.